Bustle



(No Model.) I A. TAYLOR.

1 BUSTLE'. No. 377,724. Patented Feb. 7,1888.

WITNESSES: v I I IIWBNTQR" 8111mm /M I ATTORNEYS I NITED STATES PATENTOFFI E.

ALFRED TAYLOR, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

BUSTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 377,724, dated February7, 1888.

7 Application filed November 2, 1887. Serial No. 254,046. (No model.)

To 0. whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALFRED TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBnstles; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to. make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in bustles,and has for its obiect to provide a device of this description whichshall be simple and economical in its construction and which shall foldwith great facility, so as to interfere in no way with the seating orreclining of the wearer.

With these ends in view my invention consists in the details ofconstruction, hereinafter fully set forth, and then recited in theclaim.

In order that those skilled in the art to which my invention appertainsmay fully understand how to make my improvement, I will describe thesame in detail, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, whichforms a part of this specification,and in which is shown a perspectiveof a bustle made in accordance with my improvement.

My bustle consists, primarily, of abase bow or hoop, 1, out of which twospiral distendingsprings,whose convolutions are designated by numbers 234 5 6 7 8 9, are developed. These convolutions serve as distending'bowsfor the support of the draperies. The extremities of the wire,afterforming the bows 5 9,are preferably turned downward and clasped aroundthe innercurves ofthebasehookjustbeforethefirst convolutions, as isclearly shown by the drawing at 12. Clasps 1O serve to securethememtremities are then clasped to the ployed, according as a smalleror a larger bustle is required. The inner aspects of the spiral bows areclose together,and the bows stand in planes substantially radial to therear side of I i the base bow, where the ends of the topmost bows areclasped thereto. In making my bustle I prefer to employ a single lengthof .wire only. Its center,when curved, forms the base hoop. The ends arethen-convolved to make the several bows 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9, and the exbasebow, as heretofore set forth.

I claim- The combination, with the base hoop, of the two series ofspiral distending-bows adapted to have an upward swinging movementarranged radially above the same, the ends of the topmost bow beingreturned and secured to the base bow, suitable clasps for securing thecorresponding bows of each series together, and a suitable waist-belt.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALFRED TAYLOR.

Wi t n esses:

S. H. HUBBARD, S. S. WILLIAMSON.

